KUDOS TO YOU!

Honors faculty and students achieve greatness everyday in the FSU community. So let's just take a second to say "KUDOS!" to our outstanding faculty and students.

* The following students were honored at the 31st Annual Academic Awards Celebration:

~Gergana Angelova - Outstanding Internal Student Award and Outstanding Senior in Business
~Kera Cherrey - Bachelor of Arts Academic Achievement Award in Family and Consumer Sciences - Teacher Education
~Alyssa Childers - Outstanding Senior in Biology
~Amie Kirk - Mildred Mason Newcome Endowed Scholarship
~Renee Larue - Eleanor M. Ford Outstanding Junior Scholarship (Mathematics & Science, Secondary Education)
~Kristen Rausch - Robert Carroll Scholarship for Mathematics, A. Joyce H. Coleman Memorial Scholarship (Mathematics) and the Women of Fairmont State Scholarship
~Sarah Shuman -Outstanding French Student
~Jason Vanfosson - Mary Esther Jackson Scholarship (English)
~Christopher Warnick - Walter F. Phillips, Jr. Scholarship (Occupational Safety)

* Honors Graduates!

Congratulations to the following May graduates!!

~Aaron Twitty
~Stephanie Slaughbaugh
~Robert Ball
~Ashley Hamilton
~Justine Marcella
~Malorie Shriver
~Kim Veit
~Alyssa Childers

* Honors Faculty Honored

Our wonderful Honors faculty members are also being Honored for their hard work and dedication to the FSU community.

~Dr. Donna Long - Excellence in Academic Advising.
~Dr. Francene Kirk - William A. Boram Award for Teaching Excellence.
~Dr. J. Robert Baker - Harold and Roselyn Williamson Straight Award for Faculty Development.

* New Chair of Language and Literature

Dr. Baker, our beloved Dean, has been selected to serve as the interim chair for the Department of Language and Literature. Honors students should note that his office is no longer 321 Jaynes Hall. Instead his office is in 311 Jaynes Hall. Seriously... what does he NOT do?

* Bonjour, Editor Molly!

After spending a semester abroad in Paris, Molly Born is back! Not only is she back and ready to parlez en francais... she is also the 2008-2009 Columns editor! Way to go Molly!

If you have any achievements you would like to be included in the KUDOS section of this blog, or know someone who deserves kudos send them to jvanfosson@fairmontstate.edu and we will get them up here!